TNAG-0765-FCO40-969-Minting-of-coins-for-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 166

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布政司署

香港下亞畢道

本署檔號 OUR REF: (151) in CR 5/2241/47 III

* YOUR Ref.: HKK 138/548/1

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

14th June, 1978

See (18

Dear Hong Kong and General Department,

HKK

138/508/1

Hong Kong Coinage

Upton's letter of 5th July, 1977, gave approval for the issue of a Proclamation making the new fifty cent coin legal tender. I now enclose a draft Proclamation, the issue of which would make the new one dollar piece legal tender, and I would be grateful if you could obtain the approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Secretary of State for its issue under section 4 of the Hong Kong (Coinage) Order 1936 as amended by the Hong Kong (Coinage) (Amendment) Order 1975.

It is intended that 14th August would be the date on which the coin would be legal tender and this is the date that has been inserted in paragraph 4 of the draft Proclamation. We would, however, like to issue the Proclamation at least two weeks before that date and I would be grateful if the necessary consents could be obtained by then.

HKK138/1

RECSTVER 197

21 JUN 1978

OFFICER

RE

INDEX

PA

Action Taken

по

A

Yours ever,

The.

(R. W. Candler) Government Secretariat Monetary Affairs Branch

Hong Kong and General Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London SW1A 2AH,

England

Encl.

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